Thanks for the input!
Styxlawyer, I think you're on the right track. I just can't figure out the correct way to do that. I just tried this:
<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="expandcontent('sc2', document.getElementById('sc2'))"><span>mc12345678</span></a>
Sorry, molendijk, I now realize that the jquerytools link was missleading. That was just a working example of what I'm trying to do. The actual JS I'm using is an "off-the-shelf" script... cuz I'm way too dumb to figure out how to write my own script! 
Here is my actual script:
Code:
/***********************************************
* DD Tab Menu II script- � Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/
//Set tab to intially be selected when page loads:
//[which tab (1=first tab), ID of tab content to display]:
var initialtab=[1, "sc1"]
//Turn menu into single level image tabs (completely hides 2nd level)?
var turntosingle=0 //0 for no (default), 1 for yes
//Disable hyperlinks in 1st level tab images?
var disabletablinks=0 //0 for no (default), 1 for yes
////////Stop editting////////////////
var previoustab=""
if (turntosingle==1)
document.write('<style type="text/css">\n#tabcontentcontainer{display: none;}\n</style>')
function expandcontent(cid, aobject){
if (disabletablinks==1)
aobject.onclick=new Function("return false")
if (document.getElementById && turntosingle==0){
highlighttab(aobject)
if (previoustab!="")
document.getElementById(previoustab).style.display="none"
document.getElementById(cid).style.display="block"
previoustab=cid
}
}
function highlighttab(aobject){
if (typeof tabobjlinks=="undefined")
collectddimagetabs()
for (i=0; i<tabobjlinks.length; i++)
tabobjlinks[i].className=""
if (aobject != null)
{
aobject.className="current"
}
}
function collectddimagetabs(){
var tabobj=document.getElementById("slidetabsmenu")
tabobjlinks=tabobj.getElementsByTagName("a")
}
function do_onload(){
if (document.getElementById("slidetabsmenu") != null)
{
collectddimagetabs()
expandcontent(initialtab[1], tabobjlinks[initialtab[0]-1])
}
//do_tabmagic()
//ShowTabs()
}
function do_tabmagic() {
//Hack for Attribs to be default checked
var attribcontainer = document.getElementById('productAttributes_tab')
if (attribcontainer != undefined) {
var attritems = attribcontainer.getElementsByTagName("input");
}
if (attritems != undefined) {
for (var n = 0; n<attritems.length; n++){
if (attritems[n].getAttribute('checked') == "checked") {
attritems[n].checked=true;
}
}
}
// Hide real versions and remove _tab suffix to replace real versions.
var tabmain= document.getElementById('tabcontentcontainer')
if (tabmain != undefined) {
var tabContainer= tabmain.getElementsByTagName("*");
}
var productDetails= document.getElementById('productDetailsList');
var productDetailstab= document.getElementById('productDetailsList_tab');
if (tabContainer != undefined) {
var hackArr = new Array();
var NewArr = new Array();
hackArr[0] = document.getElementById('cartAdd');
hackArr[1] = document.getElementById('productDetailsList');
hackArr[2] = document.getElementById('productAttributes');
hackArr[3] = document.getElementById('productQuantityDiscounts');
hackArr[4] = document.getElementById('productAdditionalImages');
hackArr[5] = document.getElementById('alsoPurchased');
hackArr[6] = document.getElementById('crossSell');
hackArr[7] = document.getElementById('reviewsDefault');
hackArr[8] = document.getElementById('productDescription');
hackArr[9] = document.getElementById('attribsOptionsText');
hackArr[10] = document.getElementById('productMainImage');
hackArr[11] = document.getElementById('productName');
hackArr[12] = document.getElementById('productPrices');
hackArr[13] = document.getElementById('freeShippingIcon');
NewArr[0] = document.getElementById('cartAdd_tab');
NewArr[1] = document.getElementById('productDetailsList_tab');
NewArr[2] = document.getElementById('productAttributes_tab');
NewArr[3] = document.getElementById('productQuantityDiscounts_tab');
NewArr[4] = document.getElementById('productAdditionalImages_tab');
NewArr[5] = document.getElementById('alsoPurchased_tab');
NewArr[6] = document.getElementById('crossSell_tab');
NewArr[7] = document.getElementById('reviewsDefault_tab');
NewArr[8] = document.getElementById('productDescription_tab');
NewArr[9] = document.getElementById('attribsOptionsText_tab');
NewArr[10] = document.getElementById('productMainImage_tab');
NewArr[11] = document.getElementById('productName_tab');
NewArr[12] = document.getElementById('productPrices_tab');
NewArr[13] = document.getElementById('freeShippingIcon_tab');
for (var j = 0; j<hackArr.length; j++){
if (hackArr[j] != undefined) {
for (var i = 0; i<tabContainer.length; i++){
sTmp = tabContainer[i].id.split("_");
if(hackArr[j].id == sTmp[0]) {
////alert(sTmp[0] + '(' + j + ') = ' + hackArr[j].id + '(' + j + ')');
////alert(hackArr[j].innerHTML);
hackArr[j].style.display="none";
hackArr[j].innerHTML='';
hackArr[j].outerHTML='';
break;
}
}
}
}
if (hackArr[8] != undefined) {
hackArr[8].style.display="none";
}
for (var j = 0; j<NewArr.length; j++){
if (NewArr[j] != undefined) {
for (var i = 0; i<tabContainer.length; i++){
if(tabContainer[i].id == NewArr[j].id) {
sTmp = NewArr[j].id.split("_");
NewArr[j].id=sTmp[0];
break;
}
}
}
}
}
}
function ShowTabs() {
var tppblock = document.getElementById('tpptabBlock')
if (tppblock != undefined) {
tppblock.style.display = 'block';
}
}
if (window.addEventListener)
window.addEventListener("load", do_onload, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
window.attachEvent("onload", do_onload)
else if (document.getElementById)
window.onload=do_onload
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